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My son bought a 700r4 from B&M, and it was packed securely and simply. Nothing short of a D_10 being dropped on it would have damaged it, even though it was in a cardboard box.
B&M, or whoever they hire to ship their stuff, first placed the transmission on a foam filled bag that took the shape of the transmission. Then they must have placed it in the box with 2 more bags and filled them with foam. It was solid, and pristine when we unpacked it.
I don't know how much foam costs, but it couldn't cost as much as the labour and material that goes into putting a tranny in a wooden crate.
Sorry to learn of your problem, I hope you get satisfaction.
Bob

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Those bags cost about $4 each for 18x24. I suspect there is a cheaper system for companies that use a lot of them or maybe have a foam machine to fill their own bags.

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The most infuriating part is that I can build just about any GM automatic, to about any performance level, I just don't have enough hours left in the day to chase parts, or enough bench space to spare for not only the whole process, but to spare if anything goes awry, and I have to wait for something else.

My bench is currently nearly filled with the parts of an 750hp capable dual-chain TH425, for a mid-engine project.

You would think that ordering a generic TH400 wold be a "no-brainer", but no....

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Your last post that you actually started yourself was almost 6 years ago. Your contributions on other threads aren't really much of anything notable. I would reasonably think that having to buy a transmission online, due to lack of time to assemble one on a deadline, only to have it destroyed in transit, would be something to complain about. *shrug*

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I ordered my Muncie from 'David's 4 Speeds' in Wisconsin, about 1,800 miles from me. It arrived in a crate, so heavily built, that I've been using it for a step stool & I'm 300 + lbs - The trans is perfect after 5 years....not so much the rear tires

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I worked in an engine shop about 7 years that used those foam filled bags. It was a roll of bags on a machine that fed them through one at a time. Two large barrels held the liquid that when mixed, would turn to the foam and harden after expanding. It worked well, however there were more then a few times when the bags would jam or not feed correctly and the foam would go all over. That shit was very messy and hard to clean up.